Drier and deodorizer



May 26, 1925. 1,539,778

c.'F. SELPH DRIER AND DEODORI ZER Filed Aug. 22, 1923 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 A? 24 I INVENTOR 64 flaw/5 Ja/p/r /4 BY A TORNEY Patented 'May 26, 1925.

UNITED STATES PATENT orrlcs.

' CARL FRANCIS SELPH, OF DE QUEEN, ARKANSAS, ASSIGNOB TO D. l. HULSE, OI DE QUEEN, ARKANSAS. v 1

DRIER AND DEODOBIZER.

Application fled August 22, 1923. Serial No. 658,839.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 'LCARL FRANCIS SELPH, a citizen of the United States, residin at De Queen i rthecounty of Sevier and tate 5 of Arkansas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Driers and Deodorizers; and I do declare the followin to be a full, clear, and exact description the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawin and'to the figures of reference marked t ereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to driers and deodorizers primaril intended for use in connection'with cleamngand dyeing plants but it is also applicable for use .as a laundry clothes drier and'deodorizer. 7

One of the objects of the invention is to provide a drier and deodorizer adapted to contain clothes or garments which will be subjected to the action of the air passing through the drier and deodorizer so that 25 moisture may be evaporated and the con-' tents of the drier and deodorizer maybe deodorized in an eflicient and expeditious manner.

In carrying out my invention, I prefer to employ a closed casing'in which the articles to betreatedmay be suspended on a rotatable carrier or cage through which, air (preferably heated) may be passed, evaporating the moisture and carry 0 the odors. In the preferred form of my invention I contemplate the use of a heater for raising the temperature of atmospheric air and an air impeller of appropriate construction to cause the air to pass t into intimate contact with the articles within the casing'so that not only will the moisture be eva orated but the odors will be carried o novel construction of my inventionifwill be ap arent with reference to the following description in connection with the accom anying drawings, it being un derstood t at I do not limit myself to the exact details of construction shown but reserve the rightto make changes in form, pro ortion and minor details of construction wi out departing from the spirit of the inj vention. g

Fig. 1 isqa vlew partly in perspective and ate material.

rough the casin and come shown a closed cylindrical casing consisting v of the outside circular wall 1 and an insulating lining 2 and an inner wall 3. The vertical walls are connected to the bottom wall 4, the insulatin ,lining 5 and inner wall or bottom 6. At t e top there is an outer wall 7 and insulatin linin 8 and an inner wall 9. The respectlvev wa just described being so connected that a substantiall cylin ducal casing is provided with doub e walls between which is arranged an insulating lining which may consist of any appropri- At the upper portion of the casing is an inlet pipe 10 dischar air into the casing at one side, of the axis of the casing to impinge against the clothes to cause rotation of the clothes carrying-42a e; the

pipe having a damper or valve 11 apted to be operated b a valve or damper stem '12 to vary the e ective cross sectional area of the pipe. At the lower end of the casing is an outlet pipe 13 of appropriate dimenslons. 1

Access may be had to the casingthrough an opening normally closed b a door 14 supported on the hinges 15. Within the casing 1s a vertically disposed rotating rod 16 supported at its lower end by the cross bar 17 and rotatably secured to the upper cross bar 18 by the 'de pin 19. The rod 16 constitutes the axis of a rotatable cage to be .described hereinafter. On the rod 16 is a "speed governor consisting of the vfriction arms 20, coo crating with the projections 20' v on the friction ring 21 to control the speed of the cage. The vertical s indle or rod 16 carries radial arms 22 on w 'ch are suitablegarment supportln devices shown as hooks 23 by means of w ich articles to be dried and deodorized may be suspended from the arms. The outer ends of the arms are attached to a reticulated wall which may consistof a wire screen or suitable mesh and said screen may provided with a door or to be treated will be appropriately sus opening through which access may be had ingI may provide a suitable air impeller 25. The alr lmpeller is shown as compris-' ing an ordinary fan blower but obviously any suitable air impeller maybe substituted therefor and in order to insure rapid evaporation of the moisture from the articles to be treated theair may first be passed through a suitable heater 26. 'I have not illustrated the heater nor the air impeller in detail because the particular construction of either is unimportant as various types of heaters may be used and various types of air im ellers may be employed, so I reserve the rig t to use any form of heater or any form of impeller which expedienc may dictate.

When the parts are" assembled the articles pended in the cage and the casing will be closed. The damper 11 will be set to admit the proper volume of heated air into the casing. As the air enters the casing under pressure, it will contact with the clothes and due to the fact that the cage is delicately poised within the casing the column of incoming air impingingon the clothes will cause the cage to rotate so that the contents of the casing will progressively pass the inlet nozzle of the pipe 10, insuring a uniform application of heated air to theentire contents of the cage. .Consequently all of the articles in the cage. will be subjected to a uniform application of incoming fresh air so that the entire contents will be dried at the same time, this bein im rtant for were it not for the fact t at t e cage rotated, the articles nearest the nozzle would be subjected to an evaporated action while those more distant would still contain moisture. In actual practice I have found that not only does the device efiiciently evaporate the moisture but it also deodonzes the garments so when they are.removed from the drier and deodorizer they will be sweet and clean. In the illustrated embodiment ofmy invention, 1' have shown the impeller 25 associated with the heater and-discharging into the top of the casing.- This is the preferred construction, but it should be recogefliciently evaporated but since there is a' nized that the impeller mi ht, with more or less success be located in t e exhaust pipe 13. Therefore my invention contemplates the use of. the impeller eitherin the-inlet pi e or in the exhaust pipe.

t will be apparent from the foregoing that with the construction shown the'moisture inthe articles in the cage is-not only forced circulation through the cas1ng,-all

to rotate.

odors must essentially be carried 03 through the pipe 13.

What I claim and desire to secure by Let tersPatent is:

1. In a drier and deodorizer, a casing liav-' in an air inlett and an air outlet, a'rotatab e clothes carrier in the casin and means for causing the air to be introduced under pressure into the casing at one side of. the centerto im inge a mst the .clothes to cause the clot es carrier to rotate.

2.. In a drier and deodorizer,'-a casing havin rotata le clothes carrier in the casing and means for causing the air to be introduced under pressure into the casing'at one side ofthe center of theclothes carrier to im pinge against the clothes to cause the clothes carrier to rotate, and aheater for heating the air prior to its passage into the casing.

3. In a drier and deodorizer, a casing, a vertical rotatable clothes carrier inthe casing; an air inlet nozzle at the top of the casing at one side of the'axis of the clothes carrier, an air outlet pipe at the bottom of the casing, and means for forcing air under pressure throu'ghthe inlet nozzle to impinge against the clothes to rotate the carrier.

4. In a'drier and deodorizer, a cyl ndrical casing, a vertical spindle'in the casing, radial clothes carrying arms-on thespmdle, a reticulated wall carried'by the arms and means for passin casing, at one si e of the axis at one side 'of the spindle, to impinge against the clothes to causethe-spindle, the arms and the wall 5. In a drier anddeodorizer, a cylindrical casing, a spindle in the casing, radial arms on the spindle, clothes sup rtmg means on the arms and a nozzle or directing air under pressure a ainst the clothes at one side of the axis 0 the spindle to cause the s indle and arms to rotate to progress the c othes past the nozzle.

6. In a drier and deodorizer, a caslng having an air inlet and an air outlet, avertical rotatable clothes carrier in the casing,

and means for governing thespeed of rotation of the clothes carrier" 7. Ina drier and deodorizer, a cas ng having and air inlet port and an. an outlet port, a vertical rotatable clothes carr er in an air inlet and an air outlet, a-

air horizontally into the v the casing, the air inlet port dischar ing into the casing at one side of the axis 0 the casing to impinge against the clothes to 1'0.- tate the clothes carrier,- and means for varying the effective port area of one of the ports.

In testimony whereof I afiizt my signature.

CARL FRANCIS SELPH. 

